Alta Construction Saves Clients Time and Money with Raken

The problem: Gathering and distributing dailies

Alta Construction’s clients and projects are often spread out, and stakeholders in complex projects within and without Alta all need insight into what is happening on site. “Some of the difficulties with the daily reporting is getting all of the information gathered in one location and getting it distributed to our clients every single day,” says Tyler Guith, General Superintendent with Alta. Daily reports come from a dozen different subcontractors and it takes hours to collate those reports into a coherent whole, if it happens at all. Getting that mess of data to clients and hoping they’re able to make sense of it is another thing entirely.

The solution: Transparency for everyone

When Alta turned to Raken for their daily reporting the first thing they noticed was an increase in transparency across the organization. “Now that we have Raken, everything is centrally located and everyone, from sales to marketing to operations, has this information at the touch of their fingertips wherever they’re at,” says Guith. “The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is I check the dashboard and I get to see nationwide what’s going on with every single project, no matter what time the data is logged in.” With Raken, not only can Guith get an overview of what is happening across all sites in seconds, but the entire organization stays informed on key project milestones.

A pick-up-and-go solution

By choosing Raken, Alta was able to reap the benefits of more streamlined reporting within hours of training and preparation. “The reason Alta Construction uses the Raken daily reporting app is that it’s very efficient to use,” says Guith. “Anyone, regardless of their skill level with technology, has the ability to use the program.”

The crews in the field share Guith’s sentiment. “At first, we were a little nervous just because in construction it’s been the same way for such a long time,” says Anthony Solesbee, Project Superintendent at Alta. “But I can say after using Raken we love it, and you know it was really easy to learn. We had a superintendent meeting, took a couple hours, and everyone had it down. It was that simple.”

Saving clients money

In addition to easier communication between clients and departments within Alta, Raken has allowed Alta to prove the quality of the work they do and save their clients time and money. “One of the times that Raken saved our client a lot of money was on a big box retail store project,” remembers Guith. “We had a flood, everything needed to be replaced. We created our own Raken job for that specific task, tracked it daily, tracked all the cost, tracked all the manpower, and when the developer came to our client and said ‘we’re not paying the bill’ we clicked, forwarded that information, and the check was cut to our client. There were no questions asked, there was no litigation, all the information was there.”

Reports that clients love

Raken documents the high quality work that Alta Construction has become famous for. It has allowed them to expand their scope to a nationwide construction firm, and it’s what keeps their large and small clients coming back. “Since using Raken, the reports that we do have gotten so much cleaner, so much better looking, they’re so presentable for us to send to our clients,” says Solesbee. “The clients love them. They’re clean, which is something that we as superintendents can be proud of. Because we’re proud of the work that we do, and we can be proud of the daily reports that we send because they’re so clean. Raken makes our job so much easier.”

Raken’s daily reports make it easy to summarize what happens on the jobsite so that everyone is on the same page. If that sounds like something that would help you, let’s set up a demo so we can discuss your needs.